All 5 Salem County football-playing schools in playoffs for first time since 2017, only county in state this year to have all its teams make the field; includes county stats leaders
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SALEM COUNTY PLAYOFF HISTORY
2026: Schalick (S), Pennsville (S), Woodstown (C), Penns Grove (C), Salem (C)
2025: Salem (S), Schalick (S), Pennsville (S)
2024: Woodstown (C), Pennsville (C), Schalick (S)
2023: Woodstown (S), Penns Grove (S), Schalick (C), Salem (C)
2022: Penns Grove (S), Woodstown (C), Schalick (C), Salem (C).
2021: Penns Grove (S), Woodstown (S), Salem (C)
2020: No playoffs.
2019: Penns Grove (S), Salem (C), Pennsville (C), Woodstown (C)
2018: Penns Grove (S), Woodstown (S), Schalick (S), Salem (S)
2017: Penns Grove (S), Salem (S), Woodstown (S), Schalick (S), Pennsville (S)
2016: Pennsville (S), Salem (S), Woodstown (S), Schalick (S) Penns Grove (S)
Salem County leaders
Rushing
| PLAYER | CAR. | YARDS | TD |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 124 | 1183 | 16 |
| Cashmir Parsley, Salem | 114 | 1041 | 12 |
| Jaivon Thomas, Penns Grove | 95 | 911 | 10 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 52 | 479 | 5 |
| Cole Ware, Woodstown | 75 | 466 | 2 |
| Terrell Thomas, Penns Grove | 87 | 432 | 9 |
| TyRell West, Woodstown | 81 | 424 | 9 |
| Ayden Jenkins, Schalick | 62 | 381 | 3 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Salem | 35 | 373 | 2 |
| DezYon Purnell, Schalick | 45 | 298 | 4 |
| Mason Middlemiss, Woodstown | 66 | 285 | 8 |
| Desmund Thomas, Salem | 36 | 259 | 6 |
| Tristan Horner, Pennsville | 51 | 253 | 4 |
| Aiden Collazo, Pennsville | 35 | 232 | 4 |
| Iziah Santiago, Salem | 24 | 106 | 1 |
| Nehemiah Carter, Woodstown | 27 | 90 | 1 |
| Kyvion Parsons, Salem | 14 | 81 | 2 |
| Savior Allah, Penns Grove | 8 | 77 | 1 |
| Zahvier Reeder, Penns Grove | 7 | 74 | 0 |
| Freddie Allen, Schalick | 13 | 61 | 1 |
Passing
| PLAYER | C-A-I | YARDS | TD |
| Jake Layfield, Pennsville | 146-245-11 | 1863 | 16 |
| Mason Middlemiss, Woodstown | 30-56-7 | 510 | 5 |
| Desmund Thomas, Salem | 42-60-2 | 579 | 5 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 22-51-0 | 526 | 3 |
| Damien Robinson, Penns Grove | 20-34-2 | 183 | 2 |
| Noah Chiu, Woodstown | 6-17-0 | 156 | 2 |
| Javion Thomas, Penns Grove | 6-15-0 | 136 | 2 |
| Owen McDonald, Salem | 10-22-2 | 105 | 1 |
| Avery Batts, Penns Grove | 6-16-1 | 96 | 0 |
| Gabriel McFarland, Schalick | 3-4-0 | 49 | 1 |
| Kyvion Parsons, Salem | 3-11-2 | 41 | 1 |
Receiving
| PLAYER | NO. | YARDS | TD |
| Chase Johnson, Pennsville | 54 | 853 | 7 |
| Lucas Thomas, Pennsville | 27 | 282 | 3 |
| Jacob Kimani, Pennsville | 17 | 183 | 2 |
| Andrew White, Woodstown | 16 | 451 | 6 |
| Aiden Collazo, Pennsville | 14 | 238 | 1 |
| Jerry Wooton, Penns Grove | 13 | 223 | 1 |
| KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem | 12 | 175 | 0 |
| Danny Knight, Pennsville | 12 | 158 | 0 |
| Quemere Bergen, Salem | 12 | 139 | 2 |
| Tristan Horner, Pennsville | 11 | 43 | 1 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 10 | 231 | 2 |
| Nehemiah Carter, Woodstown | 8 | 105 | 0 |
| Kyvion Parsons, Salem | 7 | 140 | 2 |
| Ahmad Tucker, Salem | 7 | 101 | 2 |
| Savior Allah, Penns Grove | 7 | 109 | 0 |
| Javion Sydnor, Pennsville | 7 | 82 | 1 |
| Omari Robinson, Penns Grove | 6 | 80 | 1 |
| Iziah Santiago, Salem | 6 | 53 | 0 |
| Cole Ware, Woodstown | 5 | 30 | 0 |
| Gio Alicea, Schalick | 4 | 66 | 1 |
| Shawn Kelly, Schalick | 3 | 145 | 2 |
| Evan Elliott, Schalick | 3 | 40 | 1 |
| Noah Chiu, Woodstown | 3 | 37 | 0 |
| Cashmir Parsley, Salem | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dante Cummings, Pennsville | 3 | 13 | 1 |
Defense
SACKS — 12.5: Tony Merendino, Salem; 11: Myshion Barnes, Salem; 9.5: Omari Robinson, Penns Grove; 7: Evan Elliott, Schalick; 6.5: JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove; Omari Robinson, Penns Grove; 5.5: Bradley Snitcher, Woodstown; 5: Raymond Brown, Salem; Kamal Chatum, Salem; Dillon Gerrity, Woodstown; Aiden Torres, Schalick; 4: Isiah Carn, Salem; Nick Lopergolo, Schalick; Mahkye Murray, Salem; 3.5: Xavier Csaszar, Woodstown; 3: DezYon Purnell, Schalick; Maliq Reddick, Penns Grove; Jerry Wooton, Penns Grove; 2.5: Rex Hannah, Woodstown.
INTERCEPTIONS — 6: Jacob Kimani, Pennsville; 5: David Stewart, Schalick; Jaivon Thomas, Penns Grove; 3: Grady Sanders, Pennsville; 2: Gio Alicea, Schalick; Freddie Allen, Schalick; Noah Blunt, Schalick; Jaivon Thomas, Penns Grove; Danny Knight, Pennsville; James Minor IV, Penns Grove; Andrew White, Woodstown; Jerry Wooton, Penns Grove
Team Leaders
| TEAM | RUSH | C-A-I | PASS | PF | PA |
| PENNS GROVE (4-4) | 1624 | 32-65-3 | 415 | 182 | 110 |
| PENNSVILLE (4-5) | 458 | 146-245-11 | 1863 | 183 | 207 |
| SALEM (6-3) | 1981 | 55-93-6 | 725 | 260 | 137 |
| SCHALICK (9-0) | 2257 | 25-55-0 | 508 | 301 | 85 |
| WOODSTOWN (5-4) | 1310 | 38-73-7 | 666 | 210 | 186 |
